kype

/ kaɪp /

noun

1. the hook on the lower jaw of a mature male salmon

Word History and Origins

Origin of kype¹

from Scot kip, kipp anything beaked or hooked; perhaps related to Low German kippe point, tip

Example Sentences

The males' lower jaws develop a hook, called a kype, which they use to fight other males.

From National Geographic

The said Taalwurt Tdondarup complaineth and saith: "Nganya kype yoor-ril gool-gur, boye bomb-gur."

From Project Gutenberg

They were now off the end of the Island of St. Anna, and leaving South Beveland behind them turned up the channel called the Kype, between the Islands of North Beveland and Duveland.

From Project Gutenberg